YOUNG BAND REPERTOIRE PROJECT

Literature Analyses

THE BATTLE PAVANE

by Susato/Margolis


Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Year Published: 1981
Difficulty Level: Publisher rating = 3
1987-90 Texas PML rating = Grade 2
 
Reviewed by: Frank Lozano - Spring 1999
Style/Form: quarter = 76

A (m.1 - m.16); B (m.17 - m.48); C (m. 49 - m.60); Coda (m.61 - m.64)
Key Signatures:

(concert pitch)

 No key changes:

two flats (m.1 - end)
Time Signatures: 4/4 (m.1 - end)
Ranges: Woodwinds:
    Flute 1 and 2 up to f2; Clarinet 1 and 2 down to E and up to e1; Bassoon up to E flat and down to EE flat
Brass:
    Trumpet 1 up to g1; Trombone 1 up to f; Tuba up to D
Rhythms: Winds:
    Level 1 through section A; Level 2 through B section with dotted quarter - eighth notes throughout the band; Level 3 in the C section with sixteenth note rhythms for the whole band (not on changing notes). 
Percussion:
    Level 1 through sections A and B; Level 3 in C section with dotted eighth - sixteenth rhythms in the timpani, bells and chimes.
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 1st and 2nd Flutes, 1st and 2nd Oboes, E flat Clarinet, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, E flat Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, B flat Contrabass Clarinet, Alto Sax 1, Alto Sax 2, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, 1st and 2nd Bassoons, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Trumpet 3, F Horn 1, F Horn 2, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Trombone 3, Euphonium BC, Euphonium TC, Tuba, String Bass, Percussion 1 and 2, Percussion 3 and 4 and 5, Percussion 6 and 7
Percussion: Percussion 1 - Tenor Drum and Tambourine; Percussion 2 - Snare Drum and Field Drum; Percussion 3 - Cymbals (Conductor's left); Percussion 4 - Cymbals (Condudtor's right) and Bass Drum; Percussion 5 - Tam Tam and Triangle; Percussion 6 Orchestra Bells (Glockenspiel); Percussion 7 - Tubular Bells (Chimes); and Timpani
Conductor Score: Full Score; 25 lines
Length/Timing: 3 minutes; 64 measures
Comments:
  • Good performance notes on percussion assignment
  • Use of contrasting dynamics (p - ff)
  • Independent section enterances in B section
  • Extensive cuing and cross-cuing for smaller bands

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